Garment press



June 23, 1925.

w. E. ANDREE GARMENT PRESS Filed Nov. 8. 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 23, 1925.

w. E. AN DRE GARMENT PRES S Filed Nov. 8, 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 [NI/ENTOR A TTORNEYS.

Patented Junel 23, 1925.

UNITED STATES Y l1,543,413 lPATENT ori-ica WILLIAM E. A NDREI, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF

ONE-HALF TO METROPOLITAN TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

GARMENT PRESS.

Application filed November 8, 1919. Serial No. 336,575.

To all whom it may concern.' l

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. ANDRE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have `invented certain new and useful lImprovements in Garment Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment presses of the type employing an upper pressing member or head cooperatively related to a garment support or bed on which the work to be pressed is laid.

The object of the invention is to' simplify and improve the operating mechanism for the relatively movable pressing members so as to decrease the number of operating parts, secure ease of operation and effective application of power, secure even pressure over the entire pressing area, and enable the degree of pressure between the pressing members when the press is closedv to be readily varied or adjusted according to the nature of the Work or as desired by the operator. l

Further objects of the invention are in part obvious and in part will appear more in detail hereinafter.

In the drawings, 4'which represent one suitable embodiment of the invention, Fig. 1 is a side elevation 'showing the press closed;-Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 2 2, Fig. 3, showing the press open; Fig. 3 is a plan view, showing the press closed; Fig. 4 is a sectional plan View on the line i- 4, Fig. 1; Fig. 5 1s a sectional plan view on the' line 5-5, Fig. l; and Fig. 6 is a detail View of an adjusting screw.

The press shown in the drawings comprises a suitable body or frame, inluding a base l provided near its front with an upwardly extending portion 2 on which is mounted the stationary bed .or garment support 3, which ma be of the customary construction, and which usually Ais a hollow padded member suitably heated, as by steam circulated through its innerchalnber. The rear portion of the frame is provided with an upwardly extending post or pillar 4 which serves as a support for a swinging arm or lever which carries the upper pressingvmember or head 5, which also may be a hollow heated member similar to the bed, either or both of the pressing members being provided. with means for supplying steam to the garment, as is customary.

The swinging lever which carries the head 5 comprises two members, to wit, a horizontal member 6 pivoted at 7 to the post 4 and having a rearwardly extending Il arm 8 on which ispivotally mounted at 9 the member 10 one portion of which extends downwardly and the other. portion of which extends forwardly above member 6 and is provided at its end with an ad- 6b justable connection thereto for varying the pressure between the pressing members. As illustrated, member 6 supports a threaded nut 11, preferably trunnioned therein on a horizontal axis and which nut cooperatesv 'I0 with a screw 12 swiveled in an opening in the forwardly extending portion of member 10 and provided above saidmember 10 with a hand wheel '13, as shown in Fig." 6.

The horizontal member 6 also is convenient 75 for use in counterbalan'cing the swinging lever, and said member `on its outer end may be provided witha suitable counterweight (not shown), or may have conconnected thereto one or more tension springs 14 connected at their other ends to 'al relatively fixed part, such as' to the frame'l.

The operating mechanism for producing swinging motion of the head supporting 35 lever comprises a foot treadle pivoted at 15 to a relatively fixed part, such as to a shaft carried by the frame, said treadle being provided with the usual foot plate 16. Said foot treadle is bifurcated,l its two parallel side members 17 being separated for a purpose which will appear. Near the foot plate the treadle is connected by a link 18 to one arm 19 of a lever pivoted at 2O in thev frame, the other arm 21 of said lever 95 being connected by a link 22to the lower end of member 10. Each of the links 18, 22 is preferably adjustable in length, such as by forming each of said links of a rod reversely threaded at its opposite ends and n this pogle mechanism, said members moving to-V ward straightened position of the toggle, and finally reaching such position, as shown in Fig. 1, when the press is closed under full f pressure. Usually the pivot 23 moves slightly beyond a straight line joining the pivots 20 and 25, so as to automatically lock the press in closedL positionu However, the press may also be provided with suitable locking and release mechanism, indicated generally at 26,' and which, for example, may be of the character illustrated and described in my Patent No. 1,403,826, granted Jan. 17, 1922, for locking and release treadle mechanism for garment resses, filed of even date herewith, Serial umber 336,573, to which reference may be had for a more complete description of said mechanism. Eor the purpose of this application it is only necessary to state that this release mechanism includes a treadle 27 which can be depressed when the press is closed to release the foot treadle and allow the springs 14 to open the press. By adjusting the screw 12 the vertical position of the head 5 relative to the garment support 3,-when the press is fully closed, may be varied, as desired, with consequent increase or decrease of the degree of pressure on the garment. The adjusting member for producing this result is at the top of the press and is always accessible regardless of the relative positions of the presssing membersu lt will also be noted that the rear portion of the frame extension 4 is open, as indicated in Fi 2, to permit entrance of the member 10 t ereinto when the press is open,

Even pressure of the head over the entire pressing area of the garment support is secured by mounting the head on trunnions 28 on member 6 and providingsaid member with set screws 29 by which the head may be adjusted on the trunnion axis to proper pressing relation with the bed.

What l claim is:

1. A garment press comprising a frame, a garment support thereon, a ressing head, a swinging lever carrying sai head and having a depending arm movable back and forth with said lever and without motion relative thereto during movements of the head, .1. treadle, a two-armed lever pivoted in the frame at substantially the level of the lower end of said depending arm, a link connecting a first arm of said lever to said treadle, and a second link connecting a second arm of said lever to said depending arm, said second second link and second arm being arranged to operate as a toggle mechanism during closing movement of the press.

2. A garment press, comprising a frame, a garment support thereon, a pressing head, a swinging level carrying said head and having a depending arm pivotally connected thereto on an axis eccentric to the lever axis for angular adjustment of said arm on the lever in the plane of swinging motion of the lever and rigid therewith in all positions of adjustment, the adjustment of said arm relative to said lever being adapted to vary the pressure upon the work, and operating mechanism connected to said dependin arm.

3. A garment press, comprising a rame, a garment support thereon, a pressing hea-d, a swinging lever carrying said head and comprising two members angularly adjustable relative to each other on a horizontal axis, that one of said members which carries the head having a fixed pivotal connection to the frame on an axis other than said horizontal axis, and operating means connected -to said lever for actuating the head.

4. A garment press, comprising a frame, a garment support thereon, a lever member pivoted in the frame and carrying a pressing head for co-operation with said garment support, said lever member lying substantially horizontal when the press is closed, a second lever member pivotally connected to the first lever member to the rear of its pivot and having a depending portion and a portion adjustably connected to said horizontal lever member forwardly of its pivot, and operating mechanism connected to the depending portion of said second lever member, said two lever members being relatively adjustable to vary the pressure on the work.

5. A garment press, comprising a frame, a garment support thereon, a lever member ivoted in the frame and carrying a pressing head for co-operation with said garment support, said lever member lying substantially horizontal when the press is closed, a, second lever member pivoted to the first lever member andlhaving a depending portion and a portion extending above said horizontal lever member, adjusting means connecting said lever members for varying the relation therebetween, and operating mechanism connected to the depending portion of said second lever member.

6. A garment press, comprising a frame, a garment support thereon, .a cooperating pressing head, a .swinging lever carrying said head and provided with a de ending arm, a lever pivoted in the frame eneath and links connecting said pivoted lever to nee-,asia

said treadle and depending arm, the link connecting said pivoted lever to Ysaid depending arm and the arm of said pivoted lever to which said link is connected being arranged to enter the space in the bifurcated treadle when the press is openD 7. l garment press, comprising a trame, a garment support thereon, a pressing head, a swinging lever including two members, one oi said members lying substantially horizontal when the press is closed and carrying said pressing head, the other of said. members being pivotally connected to the first member at the rear ci the trame and having a depending arm, operating mechanism connected to said depending arm, and counterbalancing springs extending from the outer end of the rear arm of said irstnamed swinging lever v member to a relatively tixed part.

8. A garment press, comprising a trame,

a garment support thereon, a lever member pivoted in the frame and carrying a pressing head for, elo-operation with said garment support, said lever member lying substantially horizontal when the press is closed, a second lever member pivoted to the iirst lever member and having a depending portion and a portion extending along said horizontal lever member, adjusting means connecting said lever members for varying the relation therebetween, and operating mechanism connected to the depending portion o said second lever mem- 9. A garment press, comprising a frame, a garment support thereon, a co-operating pressing head, a swinging lever carrying said head and provided with a depending arm, a lever pivoted in the frame beneath said garment support, a treadle, and links connecting said pivoted lever to said treadle and depending arm, the link connecting said ivoted lever to said depending arm and tiie arm of said pivoted lever to which said link vis connected being arranged to extend below the treadle when the press is open.

10. A garment press, comprising a frame,

a garment su port thereon, a pressing head, a swinging ever carrying said head and comprising two members angularly adjustable relative to each other about a horizontal axis, one of said members being pivoted in the frame, and one of said members having an arm depending at the rear of the press, the lower end of said depending arm having a variable relation to the press head around the axis of swinging movement oi said lever by adjustment oi' said two members relative to each other, an operatinglever, and operating mechanism connecting said lever to the lower end o said depending arm.

il, A garment press, comprising a trame, a garment support thereon, a pressing head, a 'bell crank lever structure, comprising a head arm support-nig said head and ari-operating arm exten ing downwardly, said bell crank lever structure being pivoted in the frame in a manner to cause the lower end of said operating arm to move orward and back of said pivot with the opening and closing of the press,I a main operating arm `pivoted in the frame at substantially the level of the end of the operating arm, and connections between said operating arms.

12. A garment press, comprising a frame, a garment support thereon, a y ressing head, a rigid swinging lever pivoted) in the upper portion of said frame and carrying said head and having a portion extending generally horizontally when the press is closed, an operating arm mounted to turn on a horizontal axis in the lower part of fthe frame, the rear arm of said swinging lever having a portion depending therefrom and mounted to swing back and forth with said lever and without motion relative thereto during movement of the pressing head, the lower end of said depending portion. lying approximately at the same level as the pivot of said operating arm and travelling in a generally horizontal path, and a link connecting said operating arm and vdepending portion and cooperating as a toggle with said operating arm when the press is closed.

13. A garment press, comprising a frame,- a garment support thereon, a pressing head, a swinging lever pivotally supported in the frame and having a substantially horizontal arm carrying said head and a second arm depending below the pivot of said lever so thatits lower end oscillates in a generally horizontal path with movement of the head, an operating arm pivoted in the frame at substantially the same level as the lower end of said depending arm, and a link connecting said operating arm to the lower end of said depending arm for actuating the same, the arrangement being such that when the press is closed said operating arm and link are approximately horizontal and in line with each other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM E. ANDRE. 

